Jones speaks frankly about farmers and the environment at private meeting
Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones is warning that dairy farmers may find themselves struggling when they have to meet new Government environmental requirements...
Shaw says officials gave him bad advice on climate change targets
Climate Change Minister James Shaw rejected the advice of the Ministry of Primary Industry (MPI) when he set the methane targets for agriculture post-2030.
The...
Time for the Jean Genies
Environment Minister David Parker is obviously open to some of the recommendations from a panel of top scientists on genetic modification – but his...
Eating our way to global warming
Greenpeace last night took a UN climate change report as a mandate to call for the halving of the New Zealand dairy herd ---...
The Zero Carbon Bill: the fine print
It seems the devil is now starting to appear in the Zero Carbon Bill’s detail.
Parliament’s Environment Select Committee held their second day of public...
The huge water bill
The Government is to establish a National Environmental Standard for wastewater and stormwater discharges which could cost local government nearly $5 billion over the...
The air is heating up
Forest and Bird CEO, Kevin Hague, appearing yesterday before Parliament’s Environment Select Committee, defined the question that will dominate its proceedings over the next...
Can Parker get the votes to reform the RMA
The path between yesterday’s announcement of a Resource Management Act review and its eventual passage into law threatens to be as torturous as the...
Now it gets hard – making farmers pay for methane
The Government is now set for some complex coalition politics as it tries to reach an agreement with farmers and its coalition partners ---...
Possible changes to ETS and overseas investment law to prevent rural land boom
The Government may have to now look at putting limits on the Emissions Trading Scheme to prevent the unintended consequences of a rural land...
How NZ First blew up the bipartisan deal on climate change
National's Climate Change spokesperson Todd Muller has been forced to defend his closed doors meetings with Climate Change Minister James Shaw as they tried...
Culture clash on climate
Parliament saw what amounted to a clash of cultures as it debated yesterday the Zero Carbon Bill.
The debate is the first step on the...
Peters trying to avoid being stranded on climate change
NZ First is in potential trouble with its provincial base over its stance on two issues --- climate change and overseas ownership.
And it runs...
Why is James Shaw apologising to Todd Muller over climate change ?
A bi-partisan cross-party consensus on how to manage climate change appears to be in danger of breaking down over a last minute change to...
More rights for Maori under new planning rules
Major changes to the Resource Management process announced by Environment Minister David Parker on Friday include the creation of a new planning zone specifically...
